A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
It’s currently early in the academic year, when newly graduated medical students finally get a paycheck, and newly minted attendings finally receive their “Doctor Salary” income.
I think it’s worth reviewing the ways in which the sticker price of a purchase is not the same as the full cost of ownership.
Continue reading “The Sticker Price Is Not The Full Cost”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #295, Friday Firsts, Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals”If you look for it, money lessons are everywhere.
This weekend, I was working with the brand new interns. They had a tough morning, rounding with a tired attending, with lots of new-to-them patients. As we finished, I was hungry starving. I asked them if they had anything for lunch lunch: they did not. The hospital cafeteria was closed.
I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #294, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”I read many blog posts each day. They mostly focus on personal finance, but also on minimalism and travel . Here are some of my favorites that I read in the past month.
Continue reading “My Favorite Posts By Other People, June 2024”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #293, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”Many doctors go straight through school, meaning that they haven’t had to live off of their salary, ever. This suggests that they may need (want) some guidance in figuring out how to live off their first salary, once they are receiving their first paycheck in internship.
It’s always better to have a plan. Or, as people periodically tell me, failing to plan is planning to fail.
I’ve written about a budget for intern year before, in some very wordy posts. I thought I might recap those posts with a few words, and a few tables.
Continue reading “Building A Budget For Intern Year”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #292 And Fabulousness”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #291, Friday Firsts, Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #290, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”